Improvement in clothes-sprinklers



D. WHITTAKER, Clothes-Sprinkler.

No. 202,616. Patented April 16, I878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

DAVID WHITTAKER, OF MILWAUKEE, VVISGONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO MARY O. WHITTAKER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT'IN CLOTHES-SPRINKLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,616, dated April16, 1878; application filed January 16, 1878.

Be it known that I, DAVID WHITTAKER, of the city of Milwaukee, in thecounty of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Clothes-Sprinklers; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a sectional perspectiveview of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the upper head of thesprinkler, showing the catch and pin and Fig. 3'is a central section ofmy device.

The object of my invention is to furnisha device for sprinkling clothespreparatory to ironing them,layin g thedust on floors, sprinklinghouse-plants, &c.; and consists of a cylindrically-shaped vessel, A,each end of which is provided with a head of wirecloth, B and B, onefofwhich heads may be made coarse and the other fine, by means of which aheavy or light spray-{may be thrown, as desired. 0 is a pad, constructedof sponge, cotton, or other porous substance which is adapted toabsorbing water. The center of the pad is provided with a disk of heavywire-cloth, or its equivalent, which will stifl'en and keep the pad inits proper shape, and at the same time allow the water to circulatethrough it from one side of the pad to the other. There is a holethrough the center of the pad 0 for the reception of the rod 1), uponwhich it slides upward and downward, striking first onehead and then theother, as the sprinkler is op erated, the object of the rod D being tokeep the pad from turning edgewise or folding together when beingshaken.

The upper head B is temporarily attached to the cylinder with a catchand pin, and is readily removed for inserting or chan giug the pad.There is a small ring, E, attached to the center of the head B, for thereception of the end of the rod D, the other end of the rod beingsecurely attached to the other head, B, which is permanently attached tothe cylinder.

F is the handle by which the sprinkler is operated.

A cover may be temporarily attached to the lower head, B, of thesprinkler, to prevent the water from being thrown out upon the hand ofthe operator.

My invention is operated as follows, viz: The sprinkler is dipped inwater until the pad is well saturated, when it is briskly shaken upwardand downward above the article to be sprinkled, which movement causesthe pad to strike against the heads, whereby the water is thrown from itthrough the wire-cloth, which separates the particles of water andconverts them into a fine spray, which is thereby evenly distributed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a device for sprinkling clothesconsisting of cylinder A, provided with head B, to which is attached rodD, head B, provided with ring E, as temporarily attached to the cylinderA, pad 0, provided with wire-cloth, as arranged to vibrate forward andbackward against theheads upon the rod D, all substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. In combinationwith the sprinkler consisting of the cylinder A, headsB B, and pad 0, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

DAVID WH ITTA K I) It.

Witnesses J. G. STAcY, l). G. STUART.

